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The renewal of Buddhism in China : Zhuhong and the late Ming synthesis by Chün-fang Yü, Daniel B. Stevenson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study of a Buddhist master and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618-907) and steadily declined afterward. Chün-Fang Yü details how in sixteenth-century China, Buddhism entered a period of revitalization due in large part to a cohort of innovative monks who sought to transcend sectarian rivalries and doctrinal specialization. She examines the life, work, and teaching of one of the most important of these monks, Zhuhong (1535-1615), a charismatic teacher of lay Buddhists and a successful reformer of monastic Buddhism. Zhuhong's contributions demonstrate that the late Ming was one of the most creative periods in Chinese intellectual and religious history. Weaving together diverse sources--scriptures, dynastic history, Buddhist chronicles, monks' biographies, letters, ritual manuals, legal codes, and literature--Yü grounds Buddhism in the reality of Ming society, highlighting distinctive lay Buddhist practices to provide a vivid portrait of lived religion. Since th
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Chün-fang Yü, Daniel B. Stevenson
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231198530
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Buddhism, Historical Fiction, Historical